Egyptian agencies are making amendments and additions, at a continuous pace, to an Egyptian vision that could gain Palestinian and international acceptance regarding what the situation might be like in Palestine, following the end of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, especially with the escalation of talk about the necessity of bringing about a fundamental change in the Palestinian Authority. current.

Cairo puts forward a number of names that could contribute to adopting a scenario of reaching a solution or at least a fundamental change in dealing with the Palestinian issue, in light of the widespread interest in it, internationally and in the Arab world, since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on Gaza.

Attempts to persuade America to pressure Israel

Al-Araby Al-Jadeed learned that Cairo and some other Arab capitals are currently moving towards Washington, in order to persuade it to pressure Tel Aviv to release the leader of the Fatah movement, Marwan Barghouti, who is imprisoned by the occupation, to advance the project of “renewing the Palestinian Authority” in its current form. In exchange for studying proposals for displaced Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip, and the possibility of receiving some cases temporarily in Egypt.

Source: Tel Aviv refuses to release Marwan Barghouti

An Egyptian source familiar with Cairo's moves to stop the aggression against the Gaza Strip said that the Egyptian and Arab move "comes within the framework of pushing towards implementing the American vision and the Egyptian vision for the new form of the Palestinian Authority, which could include Barghouti."

He added, "If Washington is working seriously to restructure the Palestinian Authority, so that it is prepared to take over the reins in the Gaza Strip after the war stops, it must listen to other points of view."

Barghouti, who has been in occupation prisons for 21 years, faces five life sentences. Opinion polls conducted ahead of the Palestinian legislative elections, which were scheduled for 2021, before canceling them in the same year, showed that Barghouti enjoyed wide popularity.

According to the source, Tel Aviv expressed a categorical rejection of the Arab movements aimed at releasing him, considering that his hands are “stained with the blood of the Israelis,” “according to what prominent officials in the occupation government conveyed to Arab parties that participated in communications related to this matter during the past days.”

A model close to the West Bank

He pointed out that the occupation government “prefers to grant more space to work regarding the future of Gaza after the war, to certain figures, who it believes are capable of creating a model based on governing the Strip in a way that guarantees the management of its daily affairs and livelihood,” in exchange for security coordination with Israel, according to a model Close to the West Bank.

Meanwhile, a source close to the Barghouti family reported, “There have been intense movements over the past few days,” adding that the family “is no longer dealing seriously with such conversations, as they have heard many things from senior Arab officials, during previous periods, that they will make efforts.” To the American administration and the occupation government to release the prisoner Barghouti.

Integrating Hamas into the Palestinian Authority

In parallel, Cairo did not abandon its vision, some of the details of which were revealed by Egyptian sources familiar with the crisis management file of the war on Gaza, two weeks ago.

The sources told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed at the time that the Egyptian vision for the future of the Gaza Strip was based on “merging the Hamas movement into the Palestinian Authority, and its entry into the Palestinian Preventive Security Service, while maintaining President Mahmoud Abbas as ceremonial president.” It added, "This is in order to find a formula for coexistence that does not harm Egyptian national security, the Palestinians, or Israel."

According to the sources, the Egyptian vision depends on creating a new map, prepared by a team of geographical experts, that allows for the “restructuring of the Palestinian state” and the dismantling of some of the settlements built by the occupation, in addition to the establishment of “demilitarized buffer” zones between the Palestinian territories and Israel.

Sources: The official Egyptian vision is based on comprehensive Palestinian reconciliation

Regarding the form of the Palestinian government, the sources explained that “the official Egyptian vision is based on the idea of carrying out comprehensive Palestinian national reconciliation and forming a technocratic government. Among the names proposed for its formation is former Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during a 3-year transitional phase.” She pointed out that this government "in which Egypt will be a guarantor, along with an Arab or international partner or the United Nations."

In this context, the Egyptian-Palestinian political activist, Rami Shaath, said in an interview with Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that Abbas “lost his legitimacy because of his surrender and his contentment with the role of policeman in confronting Israel,” adding that “Palestinian legitimacy is now with the resistance.”

Commenting on the Arab movements, he said, “Arab action has become non-existent, while part of it has become part of the American-Israeli alliance to break the resistance of the Arab world.” He continued: "I do not think that the Palestinian president and the Arab normalizers with Israel want to find a real solution to the Palestinian issue."

Source: Al-Araby Al-Jadeed